Tuesday, July 10, 2012

{ Painting the Shutters }

I finally got around to painting the shutters.


I wanted a a color that I could stain to make it the perfect shade of aged copper.
Here goes.


I tried using a paint sprayer, but that was a complete failure.
The sprayer was a hand me down from a friend. I think it was about 20+ years old 
with dried paint in the nozzle to prove it.


So, I went ahead the old fashioned way with a brush and a roller.
There are only 10 shutters (so far), so it wasn't to bad.

Here's the winning color....


Here are the two shutters side by side.
I like the shutter without the stain too, only not for my style house.
May be if I had a house at the beach I would use this color without the stain.


Here's the process I used to stain the shutters.
I used Annie Sloan dark wax.
I applied it with a brush and a little pencil.
I used the pencil to get deep into the groves of the shutter.


I brushed the wax on the shutters with the grain of the wood.


Then I smudged and rubbed with a soft cloth all over the shutter.


Here's the before picture of the shutters. (minus one, obviously)


Here's a little trick I used for hanging the new shutters without having to drill new holes into the stone.
I laid the old shutter on top of the new shutter and pushed the screw through the old hole to make a mark in the new shutter where the screw should be. 


I hope that makes sense (?)
Here we are half way there.
What an improvement, eh?


And, with both shutters attached.


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